Scrap metal drive during World War II

Scrap metal drive during World War II

African Americans -- Labor

Cities and towns

Events

Horse-drawn vehicles

Portraits, Group

Scrap metals

World War, 1939-1945

Two unidentified Black volunteers pose with a horse-drawn wagon and scrap pile during a nationwide scrap metal drive for the war effort. This photograph was taken by “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1942-10-14

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

42193

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2021-04-23

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Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia